A communication protocol for a vehicle collision warning system

Huang Zhu, Gurdip Singh

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19 Scopus citations

Abstract

Advances in wireless communication technologies have enabled vehicles on a highway to communicate in order to share state information and provide drivers with potential collision warnings. This paper proposes a protocol to support such a vehicle collision warning system. By sharing vehicle state information, the protocol is able to predict potential collisions and deliver warning messages to address different emergency scenarios. The protocol is based on the concept of Shortest Safety Distance between vehicles and the Safety Invariant. The protocol provides mechanisms to evaluate potential violations of the safety invariant and propagate warning messages to avoid them in a timely manner. It ensures that warning messages are propagated to all endangered vehicles in an emergency scenario in an efficient manner by keeping the number of messages low. We have simulated the system using the SPIN model checker to show the correctness of the protocol and its effectiveness in eliminating redundant messages.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2010 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Green Computing and Communications, GreenCom 2010, 2010 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, CPSCom 2010
Pages636-644
Number of pages9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event2010 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Green Computing and Communications, GreenCom 2010, 2010 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, CPSCom 2010 - Hangzhou, China
Duration: Dec 18 2010Dec 20 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2010 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Green Computing and Communications, GreenCom 2010, 2010 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, CPSCom 2010

Other

Other2010 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Green Computing and Communications, GreenCom 2010, 2010 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, CPSCom 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHangzhou
Period12/18/1012/20/10

Keywords

  • Communication protocols
  • Cyber-physical systems
  • Intelligent transportation
  • Vehicle collision warning systems

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Theoretical Computer Science

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